An appraisal of the accuracy of operational soil moisture estimates from SMOS MIRAS using validated in situ observations acquired in a Mediterranean environment

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 35, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 5239-5250

  Petropoulos, George P ^a   Ireland, Gareth ^a   Srivastava, Prashant K ^b,c   Ioannou Katidis, Pavlos ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEAN SQUARE ERROR; RADIO INTERFERENCE; SOIL MOISTURE;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; OPERATIONAL PRODUCTS; RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SOIL MOISTURE AND OCEAN SALINITY MISSIONS; SOIL MOISTURE NETWORKS; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMOS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL QUALITY;

EID: 84905046248     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2150704X.2014.933277     Document Type: Article

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